Comments on: And That Happened: Wednesday’s scores and highlightshttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/05/26/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-41/
Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball.Fri, 18 Aug 2017 04:38:38 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: cur68http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/05/26/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-41/#comment-142150
Thu, 26 May 2011 18:21:36 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=59749#comment-142150‘death; a bunch of times this season the Jays will be playing the Yankees. There’s your pain relief.
]]>By: APBA Guyhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/05/26/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-41/#comment-142106
Thu, 26 May 2011 17:31:23 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=59749#comment-142106I watched the end of the Phillies/Reds last night, when Valdez came in in the 18th. Unbelievable that Votto could not take him deep. But the amazing thing about Valdez is that his pitches all had movement. And sitting 88-89 was about where pitchers threw 10 years ago. Best emergency fill in I’ve seen, not just from the results, but from the entertainment value.

And I’ll say this for the Phillies fans who stayed to the end, they were great: great noise level, obviously having fun, on their feet (maybe to stay awake), really impressive.

On the opposite end of the impressive scale, the A’s were shut down completely by Ervin Santana, sitting at 95 last night and spotting the corners at will. I actually have no problem with the A’s performance because when you are up against a pitcher who was as “on” as Santana was last night, you don’t have much chance. The White Rabbit made a couple of mistakes, 2 seamers that leaked over the middle of the plate, and he paid.

Of course, this all came after Bob “The Great Communicator” Geren’s closed door meeting with the team. We’ll judge how that went over the next few days.

]]>By: deathmonkey41http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/05/26/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-41/#comment-142101
Thu, 26 May 2011 17:28:26 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=59749#comment-142101Find- mitigate your pain, but where’s my relief when he goes down looking twice a game?!?!?
]]>By: deathmonkey41http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/05/26/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-41/#comment-142097
Thu, 26 May 2011 17:25:26 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=59749#comment-142097Yankees don’t want that juice head hack!
]]>By: cur68http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/05/26/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-41/#comment-142071
Thu, 26 May 2011 17:05:32 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=59749#comment-142071Lemme mitigate the pain man! I reject your reality and substitute my own…damn short right field…
]]>By: spudchukarhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/05/26/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-41/#comment-142060
Thu, 26 May 2011 16:56:04 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=59749#comment-142060Knowing that a Seattle and Baltimore win today puts them both at .500, and Arizona sitting in second, makes me smile.
]]>By: deathmonkey41http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/05/26/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-41/#comment-142059
Thu, 26 May 2011 16:55:45 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=59749#comment-142059Halladysbicepts- the media isn’t the only one hyping these kids up- organizations do it all the time to increase their trade value. The Yankees have been doing it for years. Besides the Jay Buhner fiasco- I can’t remember the Yankees really giving up a superstar for nothing. Guys like Eric Milton were nice players, but with the way he had been hyped up before the trade, you would have thought he was the next Cy Young.
]]>By: deathmonkey41http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/05/26/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-41/#comment-142052
Thu, 26 May 2011 16:51:27 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=59749#comment-142052Yankees Stadium does have a short right field down the line, but Jones hit both of those out to dead center field- both well over 400 feet. Not many stadiums would have held those in their confines.
]]>By: halladaysbiceptshttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/05/26/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-41/#comment-141939
Thu, 26 May 2011 15:16:42 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=59749#comment-141939Just announced: Contreras just activated from the DL, Herndon to AAA.

I guess it was wishful thinking that Romero would have been released instead.

]]>By: Jonny 5http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/05/26/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-41/#comment-141937
Thu, 26 May 2011 15:16:20 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=59749#comment-141937Yup, that’s what needs to be done. Besides a few, who breaks out into instant success? Look at Ryne Sandberg and the goof up of a trade (in hindsight) that moved him from Philly to Chicago. He was pretty much below par with a bat when Philly traded him. Then what? Damn, is all the Phillies could say.
]]>By: Old Gatorhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/05/26/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-41/#comment-141922
Thu, 26 May 2011 14:59:47 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=59749#comment-141922Is there any kind of satisfaction a baseball fan can experience that compares to having lasted an entire marathon extra inning game into the wee hours of the morning, having consumed the last diet coke, the last sodium-infatuated dregs of Chex mix, the last Weight Watchers chocolate coated raspberry ice cream pop in the freezer?

No. There is not. Pat yourself on the back, fan. You’ve earned it.

]]>By: Justinhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/05/26/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-41/#comment-141905
Thu, 26 May 2011 14:41:00 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=59749#comment-141905Here is my recap for Twins fans (http://minnesporta.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/twins-bats-go-silent-as-mariners-take-series/)
]]>By: cur68http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/05/26/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-41/#comment-141903
Thu, 26 May 2011 14:40:08 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=59749#comment-141903And the Yankees will collect him; you can bet on it.
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Thu, 26 May 2011 14:37:11 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=59749#comment-141901Yeah, Len, thanks. Wax lyrical over my pain. Great. spent the day at my Nephew’s high school graduation. His principal spoke like he was on heroin; he …. talked …. like … thiiiiiiisssss…. just maddening especially after we’d been sitting for 3 hours. I was really looking forward to the ball game I’d PVR’d. Little did I realize Freddy Garcia was on the same stuff the principal was on.

Freddy Garcia just wrote the book on how to pitch a bunch of guys who’re hacking for the fences. Nice…and …slow, see, nice….and sloooowwww….he shoulda been giving my Nephew’s grad speeches; he’d fit right in.

Damn Jo Jo Reyes. He threw meatballs. Never should have got the start. He needs a bigger park to be effective and Yankee Stadium is a shoe box to right field. They just pwned him. It really didn’t help with that phantom tag at second just when the Jays were getting something started. Do all umpires love them some Yankees or was this just random?

Can’t really pin this on the umps. The men of Beaverland did not hit when they needed to and got hit a lot. We really need Adam Lind back, like now.

The only thing we can really go by with Dominic Brown at this point is what we see. Just like Vance Worley. I hate when the media hypes these kids up before they have any modicum of success at the major league level.

Do I hope Dominic Brown turns into a stud? My god, absolutely! But I have seen so many great prospects disappoint. We just need to see more of this kid. I personally would play him everyday to see what we have, spelling him once or twice a week for Francisco.

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Thu, 26 May 2011 14:02:12 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=59749#comment-141864Good morning…. Yeah, let’s hope these guys got their rest last night. Hey I just wanted to mention, give Brown a break, let him settle in a bit. He gets pitched to like Ryan Howard is pitched to (mostly junk stuff) and he’s got adjustments to make. I think he’ll be alright once he learns to adjust. I hope so anyway.
]]>By: sportsdrenchedhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/05/26/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-41/#comment-141857
Thu, 26 May 2011 13:54:39 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=59749#comment-141857At what point can we put Luke Hochaver on lists with Ryan Leaf?

Since Jeff Francoeur has played well enough to not be the Royals Fan whipping boy, I’m going to make Luke Hocho-Ocho mine. (since he gave up 8 runs in an inning)

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Thu, 26 May 2011 13:35:51 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=59749#comment-141834Yeah. Enough is enough. Word has it there is a stong possibility Romero will be released today after they reactivate Contreras from the disabled list. The only other viable option is to send down Herndon to AAA again. However, if they do this, the could not recall him for at least another 10 days.

If Romero is released today, I will drive him to the airport.

]]>By: bigxrobhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/05/26/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-41/#comment-141828
Thu, 26 May 2011 13:29:46 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=59749#comment-141828Has anyone else seen enough of Romero? I have. 16 pitches, 4 strikes last night. It is painful to watch him pitch.
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Thu, 26 May 2011 13:16:31 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=59749#comment-141815Good Morning, Jonny 5. And just think, after that exciting win last night, we have Mr. Lee going for us in a few hours, facing “Ryan Howard hit another Homer” Bailey!
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